dead

Example Sentences

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"If there isn't alignment here, we're dead in the water before we start, so that discussion has been going on for months already."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

A 71-year-old woman who was found dead inside her Sierra County home had been mauled by a black bear, the first known such fatal attack in California history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Traditional funeral practices in this region also involve touching the bodies of the dead; when health workers tried to block that from happening, residents only became more suspicious.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

When we are older, and our parents are dead, we are on our own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The glade of dead horses had been north of the stream where it had attacked Fa, but now the bear seemed to be in the west.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver